onsdag 20. januar 2016

Q. and A.: Bei Ling on the Missing Hong Kong Booksellers

The disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers in recent months has attracted international attention and raised concerns that civil liberties the city retained after its return to Chinese rule in 1997 under the so-called one country, two systems formula might be under threat. That the five men were all connected to Mighty Current Media, a publisher of exposés on Communist Party leaders, has led to suspicions that the Chinese authorities might have played a role. Read more